Posted by SLS on September 17, 2006, at 12:39:46
In reply to Re: Tonight I don't feel that antidepressants work » SLS, posted by SLS on September 17, 2006, at 11:48:53
Man, when I was responding to Parnate + desipramine for those 9 months, my whole conscious experience was altered. The world was different. It felt different I operated differently in it. My thoughts and feelings were changed. My behavior changed. My interactions with people changed. People reacted differently towards me. It was a different life. My bowel functions changed. My sense of taste changed. I lost my clumsiness. I lost my ataxia while walking. I regained by ability to read and comprehend. I began to read newspapers, magazines, and books for the first time in my life. My eyesight improved. I no longer felt cold all the time. My reaction time while driving improved. I no longer experienced heart palpitations. I no longer sighed on a regular basis. I no longer craved carbohydrates and overate. I no longer overslept. I became productive and industrious; learning to do electrical work, carpentry, and autobody, while reading about the mechanics and history of quantum physics. Of course, I worked a full-time job, went surf-fishing, remained married, and did a few other things that I would rather not disclose here. (Previous and subsequent to this treatment, I have remained lying on a couch, usually with the TV on for background companionship, as I stare into space or do some stuff on the Inernet).
Then I gradually became manic to the point of delusional thinking. The doctor discontinued treatment. I relapsed within 2 months. Prozac had just came out. The doctor put me on it. I did not respond. He avoided the previously effective treatment. He tried several other drug treatments. When another doctor eventually tried the Parnate + desipramine combination again, it did not work. The critical error made was not to return immediately to the original effective treatment. If he had, I probably would have been well today. Contrary to some of the rumors that run around, there are people who remain well on tricyclics and MAOIs for decades without suffering adverse effects.
So, here I am.
:-)
So, what was the point of this post?
I'll let you decide.
- Scott
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